The Big Picture Web Launch Checklist

By Beth Cole

Here’s a handy big picture website launch checklist to sum up the Website Launch Series that finished last week.

Check out the other post articles here….

1. Laying the Foundation;
2. Content;
3. Design;
4. Promotion.

Here’s the checklist:

Marketing is kind of a big deal

by Beth Cole

I had a great time last week at Marketplace 2010, the small business conference sponsored by the Center for Rural Affairs (CFRA) in Nebraska. I had a hard time choosing from the concurrent sessions. I ended up with mostly sessions on marketing because I always want to improve and grow in this area, for myself and for my clients.

Review of The Vertical Self, by Mark Sayers

by Beth Cole

“I don’t want to be a Christian dork.”

This is one fear that prevents many believers (myself included)  from stepping into the life and the identity God has prepared for us.

18 Ways to Promote Your Website

by Beth Cole

This is the fourth article in our Website Launch series, here are links to previous articles about laying the groundwork for your site, figuring out your content, and communicating through design.

There are lots of ways to generate traffic to your website. To put these tools in perspective, try visualizing your website as the hub and your marketing tools as spokes in a wheel leading toward the hub.

The marketing tools you use will depend on what works with your target market and your personal preferences. Any tools you choose should be in addition to rich keyword phrases you have already incorporated into your site to gain traffic from keyword searches.

I am the biggest book dork. When I read about publisher Thomas Nelson’s BookSneeze book review program for bloggers I said, “Count me in!”

Anyone can apply to be a book reviewer, after acceptance you will be able to choose a book to review and in exchange you agree to write a short review on your blog.

The books I will be reviewing may be business related, but they will more likely pertain to the bigger picture of life. I am hoping these reviews will be an encouragement to you, much like I have been encouraged by other people’s reviews.

My first review will be The Vertical Self, by Mark Sayers, and I am looking forward to sharing it with you. I may review other books that aren’t part of the BookSneeze program, too.

What do you think, are you going to become a book reviewer, too?